Densha Otoko (電車男, Densha Otoko? translated as Train Man) is a Japanese movie, television series, manga, novel, and other media, all based on the purportedly true story of a 23 year old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing several women on a train. The otaku ultimately begins dating one of the women.

The event, and the man’s subsequent dates with the woman, who became known as Hermès (エルメス, Erumesu?), was chronicled on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel. This led to the compilation of the relevant threads in a book, followed by several manga versions, a movie released in June 2005, a theatrical play later released as a DVD, and finally a TV series that aired on Fuji TV from July 7 to September 22, 2005 (with a special episode on October 6, 2005). The series originally aired on Thursdays at 10:00 p.m.

A two hour long TV special, Densha Otoko Deluxe, aired on September 23, 2006.

Captions from the movie - scenes that I love ^_~

I’ve always wanted to watch Densha Otoko since I’ve heard good reviews about it. The 1st one I’ve watched was the movie though I’ve only watched a part of it in Youtube (it was month end and I was doing a lot of work).Ok enough introductions, I am watching the movie today (as in right now as I was typing this). Densha otoko here is an otaku, otakus are prevalent in Japan and I’m wondering why they treat them in a bad way? Maybe because they are weird? Maybe because they dress in an unfashionable way in a land of fashionable people? Hello, otakus originated in Japan! Is that the way they treat their fellow countrymen?

Densha otoko here played by Takayuki Yamada has better looks compared to the one in J-dorama. But Hermes in the j-dorama looks better (come to think of it she’s like Jun Matsumoyo’s female version). I just like how the story progress in this movie and how everyone in the net reacts. And how each of them reminisce and learns from the deeds of densha otoko. I like the scene where he admitted his feelings to Hermes-san. It’s so romantic but cheesy and he did that part well. He looked like a child crying but he’s still cute.

Scenes that I love from the series - spotted 2 ikemen!!!

After watching the 1st episode of the dorama, now I know why some japanese don’t like otakus - they are the weirdest of all the weirds! Hahaha! I still don’t think they deserve a harsh treatment. Also, I don’t think the 1st densha otoko was portrayed like that. Here’a a funny scene - densha otoko-san just wanted to buy a battery charger but ended up in the middle of a raid of SAT (special assault team, think something like SWAT)! There’s also a special episode - densha otoko another ending that shows densha’s otaku friend falling in love for yuko-san. It’s really funny haha.